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Arthur Rimbaud - Sentences (Phrases)
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When the world is reduced to a single dark wood 
for our four eyes` astonishment,-- a beach for two 
faithful children,-- a musical house 
for one pure sympathy,-- I shall find you. 

Should there be here below 
but a single old man, handsome 
and calm in the midst 
of incredible luxury, I shall be at your feet. 

Should I have realized all your memories,-- 
should I be the one who can bind you 
hand and foot,-- I shall strangle you. 

* When we are very strong,-- who draws back? 
very gay,-- who cares for ridicule? 
When we are very bad,-- what would they do with us? 
Deck yourself, dance, laugh. 
I could never throw Love out of the window. 

* My comrade, beggar girl, monster child! 
O it`s all one to you these unhappy women, 
these wiles and my discomfiture. 
Bind yourself to us with your impossible voice, your voice! 
sole soother of this vile despair. 

* An overcast morning in July. A taste of ashes flies through the air;-- 
an odor of sweating wood on the hearth,-- 
dew-ret flowers-- devastation along the promenades-- 
the mist of the canals over the fields-- why not incense and toys already? 

* I have stretched ropes from steeple to steeple; 
garlands from window to window; 
golden chains from star to star, and I dance. 

* The upland pond smokes continuously. 
What witch will rise against the white west sky? 
What violet frondescence fall? 

* While public funds evaporate in feasts of fraternity, 
a bell of rosy fire rings in the clouds. 

* Reviving a pleasant taste of Indian ink, 
a black powder rains on my vigil. 
I lower the jets of the chandelier, 
I throw myself on my bed, 
and turning my face towards the darkness, 
I see you, my daughters! my queens!
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